At first glance, the climate track record of China’s new and old CP General Secretary Xi Jinping looks highly successful. In his nine and a half years as head of state, China:Reduced carbon emissions in the last four quartersadded as much new wind and solar capacity last year alone as all of Germany has in […]
At first glance, the climate track record of China’s new and old CP General Secretary Xi Jinping looks highly successful. In his nine and a half years as head of state, China:Reduced carbon emissions in the last four quartersadded as much new wind and solar capacity last year alone as all of Germany has in […]
Carbon emissions have risen less sharply than before since Xi Jinping took office. How much credit can the CP leader take for this? And how important is climate protection to Xi Jinping?It is of course always difficult to pin this on one person. But in any case, the long-term phase-out of coal and the reduction […]
When the power goes out, business life comes (mostly) to a complete standstill. In China, companies have had many annoying experiences with power outages. Last year, some provinces rationed electricity for weeks at a time due to a lack of coal in power plants. This year, new problems emerged: The heat wave had paralyzed the […]
The announcement in New York was seen as a milestone in climate protection: “China will no longer build any new coal-fired power plants abroad” – that was Xi Jinping’s promise at the last UN General Assembly. Until then, the People’s Republic had been the last major state donor for coal projects. Between the years 2000 […]
China’s Vice Premier, Han Zheng, usually has more important things to do than inaugurate new factories. But Han made an exception for BASF. As the chemical giant celebrated the start of production at its ten-billion-euro Verbund site in Zhanjiang, Han dropped by for an event in Beijing. The high-profile visit was meant to send a […]
The announcement in New York was considered a milestone in climate protection: “China will not build new coal-fired power projects abroad” – that was Xi Jinping’s promise at the last UN General Assembly. Until then, the People’s Republic had been the last major state donor for coal projects. Between 2000 and 2019, China’s biggest development […]
China’s Vice Premier, Han Zheng, usually has more important things to do than inaugurate new factories. But Han made an exception for BASF. As the chemical giant celebrated the start of production at its ten-billion-euro Verbund site in Zhanjiang (China.Table reported), Han dropped by for an event in Beijing. The high-profile visit was meant to […]
It is the most important day in China’s calendar: On October 16, the 20th Party Congress of the Chinese Communist Party will convene. Xi Jinping will be elected General Secretary for the third time and abolish term limits. A historic step. But what happens behind the scenes in the Communist Party? As in every political […]
Actually, the EU Commission wanted to present a legislative proposal to ban forced labor already on Tuesday. Products manufactured by modern slaves and forced laborers should no longer be allowed to be sold in the EU in the future. But at short notice, the publication was postponed by one day. And in her speech on […]